That is pretty dramatic.
Wow.
Wow. Thanks for the hard work. It’s a good graphic.
Yes. We didn’t start talking about a trillion here and a trillion there until just recently. It’s unimaginably big.
Just goes to show how much the press and the public lack perspective but the difference is that people can comprehend AIG bonuses. They have a harder time getting there mind around trillions of dollars. I think it is because there is not enough rage in any one person to equal what such excess warrants.
Sadly, I don’t think we’ll hear a word about the costs of the climate BS. Major players have a stake in trading hot air back and forth, and they’re not going to give up those profits.
At the bottom, you describe the green line as the $167 million of AIG bailout money. The $167 million is bonuses paid from bailout money, but the bailout monies are $170+ billion. Just a small observation there...
And heres a link to a site that’ll show what a trillion dollars looks like when stacked up in hundred dollar bills.
http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html
It’s utterly mind-boggling how clueless this administration is. I honestly believe that the numbers are too big to register in 0bama’s brain and he just sees them in the abstract, not as a reality.
The AIG flap reminds me of the Scotsman who finds a fly in his soup. He picks it up, starts shaking it, and yells, “Spit it out! Spit it out!”
For suppose he has 250 ml of soup, representing 2.5e12 dollars, then 1 ml is 1e10 dollars, and 1.67e8 dollars is 0.0167 ml, which is maybe a little too much for one fly but is, as we say in the trade, “ballpark”.
Stalin and Hitler and Mao each killed many millions.
So using the rationale of so many conservatives defending the AIG payouts, if I kill just one person, that’s OK.
Guys - the budget and deficit are wrong, and the bonuses are wrong. Damn them all.
It’s amazing how much smoke screen that tiny green line produces.
Pretty good graphic! Fix the spelling and punctuation near the bottom, and it will be 100%.